Stilton Stuffed Baked Pears

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   ½ cup packed brown sugar
   2 tbsp butter, softened
   ½ CP crumbled Stilton Cheese
   ¼ CP dried cranberries
   ¼ CP chopped pecans, toasted
   8 peeled Bartlett Pears
   ¼ CP apple juice
   1 TB port
   
   Directions
   
   Preheat oven to 375°
   
   Combine sugar and butter in a small bowl and stir until well blended. Add cheese, cranberries, and pecans. Stir well.
   
   Cut 1 inch off stem end of each pear, preserve top. Remove core from stem end, and scoop out about 2 TB pulp from each pear half to form a cup, using a melon baler or a spoon.
   
   Place the pears in a 13x9 inch baking dish. Fill each pear with about 2 TB sugar mixture and replace the top.
   
   Combine juice and port in a small bowl, mix, then pour over pears. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until tender. Serve Warm.